What does DTVNow have over Sling? If Sling is stable, why wouldn't someone just use that instead?
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > DTVN puts up some text apologizing for the problem. But demand is not to > be trusted. > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Monday, January 09, 2017 7:53 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Directv Now > > > It must be your Internet, call and complain. > > > > Seriously, if it’s unstable, I hope none of my customers sign up, because > they will blame the ISP. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Monday, January 9, 2017 8:44 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Directv Now > > > > Yeah, I go to Roku for the on demand, but I have to Sling for some > channels and Vue for others. Be nice if DTVN was more stable. > > > > *From:* Harold Bledsoe > > *Sent:* Monday, January 09, 2017 6:12 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Directv Now > > > > Compared to SlingTV or Vue (or Hulu, HBO GO, etc.) DTVN has a long ways to > go on the stability side. I've had it around a month and while live TV has > gotten to just a few stalls per night, on demand is still unusable. > > > > That said, apple TV for 3 months pre-paid means they have 3 months to make > it work right? > > > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:59 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > I like the captions. I can sit here with kids and grandkids with prairie > home companion playing and still watch a show with really decent caption > text. > > > > Playing past episodes of shows is till dicey. I will go to Roku for that > for now. I tried playing some episodes of The Profit several times only to > have them quit in the middle. I like the video quality of the apple TV, > but it still pauses now and then on live TV. Being an early adopter I have > patience. But it better be better than Roku/Playstation VUE in a year or > it is history. > > > > DirectTV Now has the best guide. On the PC it kills the show you are > watching while looking at the guile. On the AppleTV it has the show > playing behind the guide. > > > > I still go to Sling and then, but not sure I need it for anything. I may > have my HBO accounts coupled to it. > >
